Yerba Buena Light

Yerba Buena Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay on Yerba Buena Island, California

Yerba Buena Light
Goat Island
Yerba Buena Lighthouse
California
LocationYerba Buena Island
San Francisco Bay
California
United States
Coordinates37°48′26.27″N 122°21′44.29″W
Year first constructed1875
Automated1958
Foundationmasonry basement
Constructionwooden tower
Tower shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Tower height25 feet (7.6 m)
Focal height95 feet (29 m)
Original lensFifth order Fresnel lens
Range14 nautical mile 
CharacteristicOc. W 4s.
Admiralty numberG4140
ARLHS numberUSA-908
USCG number6-4595
Managing agentUnited States Coast Guard[1][2]
Heritageplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse
Nearest citySan Francisco, California
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Stick/Eastlake, Lighthouse
MPSLight Stations of California MPS
NRHP reference No.91001096 [3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 03, 1991

History

The island's lighthouse connection began in 1873 when the Lighthouse Service moved the district's depot from Mare Island to the southeast side of Yerba Buena Island. In 1875 construction was completed on the 25-foot (7.6 m) tower with a fifth order Fresnel lens. In 1886 another fifth order lens replaced the previous one. In 1933, a tunnel was bored through Yerba Buena Island to serve as a link between the east and west sections of the Oakland Bay Bridge. The light was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1958. It is currently an active aid to navigation and not open to the public. Now that the lighthouse is automated, the former keeper's quarters are now the home of the Coast Guard Admiral.[4]

Head keepers
  • N. D. Tuttle (1875 – 1877)
  • Reinhold Holzhuter (1877 – 1880)
  • John C. Linne (1881 – 1885)
  • George B. Koons (1885 – 1888)
  • John A. F. McFarland (1888 – 1892)
  • Henry Hall (1892)
  • John M. Nilsson (1892 – 1893)
  • Richard A. Weiss (1893 – 1904)
  • Herbert H. Luff (1904 – 1921)
  • John P. Kofod (1921 – 1928)
  • Albert N. Speelman (1928 – at least 1935)
  • Lemuel C. Miner (at least 1940 – 1943)
  • John J. Woyner (1943 – 1944)
  • Wayne R. Piland ( – 1946)
  • James C. Moore (1946 – 1947)
  • Fred Zimmermann (n/a)
  • Wayne R. Piland (1953 – 1958)[5]

See also

References
  1. Yerba Buena Island The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 18 June 2016
  2. California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 18 June 2016
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. "Yerba Buena Lighthouse". www.us-lighthouses.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  5. Yerba Buena, CA Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 18 June 2016


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